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Download full textHajhashemi, Karim – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine whether performance in MI could predict the performance in reading competency. The other objectives were to identify the components of MI which are correlated with the reading test scores, and to determine the relationship between the multiple intelligences and reading proficiency. A descriptive and ex post…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictor Variables, Language Proficiency, Multiple Intelligences
Gurantz, Oded – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2012
San Francisco's Bridge to Success (BtS) initiative brings together the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), and key community organizations to promote postsecondary success for underrepresented students. Various working groups, each comprised of staff from…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Disproportionate Representation, Progress Monitoring
Peer reviewedSharon, Amiel T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Results of this study indicate that an English proficiency test such as TOEFL may raise the validity of the GRE aptitude tests in predicting foreign students' graduate school GPA. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Study
de Porcel, Antonio; And Others – 1979
The final report of the Bilingual Prediction Project presents a review of the project from its inception in 1975 through completion in 1979. The main goal was to predict a student's academic ability in English. A prediction index was constructed in two stages. The first stage was a description of the target population and their school setting, as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Expectancy Tables, Language Proficiency
Fiks, A. I. – 1968
The language training program for Peace Corps participants is investigated. The objectives were: to investigate the validity of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) for predicting end-of-training Foreign Service Institute (FSI) language proficiency; to discover the relative difficulty of various target languages; to develop tentative…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Expectancy Tables, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude
Bockman, John F. – 1968
In an effort to support Carroll's premise that there might be a relationship between foreign language aptitude and the degree to which the learner is capable of coping with the pace of language instruction, this study describes the comparative effectiveness of predicting student language learning potential through the Pimsleur Aptitude Battery,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978
This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure
